The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-06-16
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From Tie Atlanta Constitution.

From The Atlanta Constitution.
Yesterday, the ordinary quiet that per-
vades the state house was broken by the
reception of letter from Secretary of
State Bayard, in which the alarming in
telligence was conveyed that at Savan.
nah party was being fitted out with the
intention of invading Honduras, and
overthrowing the present government
there. The letters containing the infor.
nation are as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHING
TON, June 9TH, l887.-The Honorable
John B. Gordon, Governor Of Georgia
Atlanta, Ga, Sir: 1 have the honor to
bring to your attention with view to
the adoption of such measures as may
be found necessary to prevent a violation
of your neutrality laws, the enclosed
CODY of q letter from Mr.. Jacob BairZ,
consul general of Honduras, at New
York, dated the 4th instant, relative to q
projected hostile expedition understood
to be fitting out at Savannah, Georgia,
against the republic of Honduras. I
have to be, sir, your obedient servant,
T. F. BAYARD.
Enclosure: Mr.. Bairz to MIR. Bsyard,
June 4th, 1887.
The following is the enclosure:
[Copy.
CONsULADo GENERAL DE HONDURAS,
EN- LOS EsTADos VRIDos DE AMERICA,
New York, June 4, 18S7.-Hon. Thos.
F. Bayard, Secretary of State, Washing.
ton, D. C.-Sir: I have the honor of
addressing you the present for the pur.
pose of bringing to your attention that /
have received advices from my govern
ment relative to a projected hostile ex.
pedition which, it is rumored, is to start
from Savannah, Georgia, against the re-
public of Honduras.
In the absence of any positive infor-
nation, I would request your honor to
communicate the foregoing to thu proper
authorities at Savannah, that they pre-.
vent any hostile acts against Honduras,
and anticipating my thanks to the name
of my government, I have the honor to
remain, yours, very respectfully,
JACOB BAIRZ,
Consul Gen.
The state house officers were rather
surprised at the information conveyed.
The good people of Savannah had not
manifested any symphonic of interference
with the government of the Central
American republic, and the information
was not generally regarded as trustwor.
thy, Notwithstanding the official channels
through which it arrived. Itwas thought
that the Honduras authorities had been
imposed upon.
Governor Gordon addressed a letter to
the Mayor of Savannah, acquainting
him with the information he had received,
and requested him to investigate the
matter and report to the executive de.
partment.
The government of Honduras is re.
publican in form. 1t has been free from
the constant revolutions so common in
Central America, only one attempt of
the kind having been made in many
years. That attempt signally failed.
The Constitution at once wired its
Savannah correspondent for full particu.
lars from that point, and received in re-
ply the following dispatch at late hour
last night.
SAVANNAH, GA, June Especial.
Only the slightest and most indefinite
information can be obtained in reference
to the report of filibustering expedition
being planned here for the invasion of
Honduras. As far as can be learned to-
day, it is probable that the Spanish gov.
ernment is watching some suspected
movement against Cuba, or some other
dependency. Honduras is not the object
i've point of the conjectured scheme.
The Spanish government, by its repre-.
sentatives, is in all likelihood the source
of Mr.. Bayard's information, and upon
such information Mr.. Bayard is acting.
Of course Spain would feel no concern
about any projected invasion of Hondu.
fas. The persons who may be conspir.
ing here against foreign dynasty are
yet unknown. There are several Savan-
nah gentlemen still living in this city
who Joined the flibusterers under
Warker just prior to the late war, and
assaulted Honduras and Costa Rica, but
they disclaim now any intention Of fill.
clustering any more. Your correspond.
ent saw two representatives of foreign
government, but they said they would
have to decline for the present to furnish
any information for the press. It is i'm.
possible to discover the names of any
filibusterers at work here.
The associated press agent at Savan'
nah writes:
The rumor that filibustering expedi.
ton is fitting out at Savannah against
Honduras or Cuba, so far as yet known
is wholly without foundation. 1t seems
to have started from a Spanish consul
who was recently stationed here and who
notified the collector of the port that he
had reason to believe that hostile
expedition was fitting out somewhere on
the Georgia coast and intimating that it
vas for the purpose of destroying sugar
plantations in Cuba, sugar cane at this
season being in a condition to burn
readily. The custom house officials have
received instructions from the depart
ment and place no credence in the
rumor. The Spanish consul stated in
his letter to the collector of the port that
information of expedition came from
Cuba. To an associated press reporter,
he denied any knowledge of the expedi-
ton.